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1482: Granada, Andalucia
When death comes to the Alhambra palace a hero is needed ā¦ but did they pick the right man?
A demand is made of Englishman and physician Thomas Berrington ā to investigate a series of deaths, each displaying the marks of a savage attack. At first reluctantā¦
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The Red Hill is a medieval murder mystery set in late-15th-centuryĀ Muslim Spain. The sultan demands an English doctor living in Granada to investigate a series of brutal murders at the Alhambra palace on top of a red hill that towers over the city. The sultanās request for Dr. Thomas Berringtonās skills cannot be ignored.
This book is another example of a closed community with a killer murdering its members yet the community still shields itself from outsiders. As an Englishman and, nominally, a Christian, Dr. Berrington must find the killer by sifting through lies and obfuscations within the palaceā¦
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